Fourteen lawsuits were filed against Golden Gate Funeral Home since Jan. 13, on top of three that were filed last year. Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer A Dallas funeral home known for its reality ...

The biggest African American funeral home in the Southwestern U.S. is located here in Dallas, and it’s called Golden Gate Funeral Home. Its CEO, John Beckwith Jr. — a man who dreams of burying ...

John Beckwith III had just driven the corpse of former Olympic sprinter Ronnie Ray Smith, who had died at age 64, down the track for one final hundred-meter dash, and he seemed worried that the stunt, ...

The Golden Gate Funeral Home may have been featured on TLC’s Best Funeral Ever, but according to a new lawsuit, the reality reportedly was anything but. Proprietor John Beckwith Jr. isn’t the only TLC ...

At Golden Gate Funeral Home outside Dallas, Texas, the services are “more about laughing than crying.” The staff there works to bring joy to families and celebrate life. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz reports in ...

Arthur Reid Jr. was 13 when his family relocated to Milwaukee in the 1950s and the future business leader in the city's African American community soon discovered where he wanted to make his mark.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A South Side funeral home director has had a tough year, comforting so many families who have had to say goodbye to loved ones. Now, he's trying to turn it around by offering walk-in ...

This one’s about serendipity and how the universe does funny things to bring you stories in D Magazine. Awhile back, I met a writer named Amal Ahmed for coffee. We talked about a job she’d recently ...